"We need nutritional products for pregnant women"

29 January 2011

Barbara Stocking gives her impressions after brainstorming with other women leaders about how best to help women in the developing world to ensure their families get the food and nutrition they need.

Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam GB, gives her impressions after brainstorming with other women leaders about how best to help women in the developing world to ensure their families get the food and nutrition they need.

Stocking was one of 15 women from the worlds of business, politics and aid who gathered in the WFP tent on Friday to find innovative approaches to helping women fight hunger. WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said several new ideas emerged from the conversation and promised to hold another such meeting next year (see post below).

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